Page 78 of Moon Claimed
My ears picked up the distant sound of seven hundred running Luthers even over the frequency generators. That meant human ears could pick up the sound too. The footsteps came from the south and north where the pack entered the grid.
Tonight, I’d use my new senses to better understand their strategy. The frequency generators limited me, but I had my sight and sense of smell, and one day as a Luther had shown me smell was my most powerful tool.
Correct,my wolf said.
Can you help?
All the better to eat Greyson’s heart with.
Whatever floats your boat.I felt her slide to occupy my nose, ears, eyes. Without knowing exactly how, I understood she navigated those systems now, leaving me to control movement and speech. Which was for the best. A quick test revealed she was as bad at walking in two-legged form as I was in four-legged, and no matter what she sounded like in my mind, she didn’t actually speak any form of human.
As she took over my senses, I realised how exhausted I was from controlling everything all day. Sharing like this did feel easy and right.
We couldn’t do this all the time, but…
Maybe once I get used to four-legged form, I can work on letting you have complete control for stints too,I told her.
I’d like that.
I didn’t want to always lock her up. For all I’d said to Sascha that morning, there was now one being that wouldn’t leave me.
We inhaled deeply, and I caught a curious look from Pascal.
Easy with the sniffer. We have company.
Our enemy are advancing and creating a line from the river to where they entered. Like a crescent moon.
It’s what they did last time too. It was a favourite of Sascha’s—to unify his pack on the battlefield and work through the grid systematically.
I distanced myself from Pascal and clicked my walkie-talkie. “This is Big Red. Luthers forming a crescent front from north to south along east ridge. Prepare for phase one. Over.”
Three team leaders responded with “Roger that, Big Red.”
One did not.
I pressed my lips together. Rhona.
Should I read into that?
Turning from Pascal, we inhaled again.
Their scent is strengthening,my wolf growled.
Moving closer?
Fifty of the metres you showed me.
Let me know when they’re another fifty, please.
I checked Pascal and found her tapping away on the tablet.
“This isReindeer. Circling now. Over.”
The north team was nearly in position.
“Snow. In position.”
West and east should already be in position too. I received confirmation from the third team a minute later.